Arithmetic Means

USING AND WRITING SEQUENCES

Objective:
Determine arithmetic means and
the nth term of an arithmetic sequence
Arithmetic Mean: The terms between any two
nonconsecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence.

Ex. 19, 30, 41, 52, 63, 74, 85, 96

41, 52, 63 are the Arithmetic Mean between 30 and 74

Find two arithmetic means between –4 and 5
-4, ____, ____, 5

-4 a1  First term an  a1  n  1 d
5 an  nth term 5 = -4 + (4 - 1)(d)
4 n  number of terms 5 = -4 + (3)(d)
NA Sn  sum of n terms 9 = (3)(d)
d d  common difference d=3

The two arithmetic means are –1 and 2, since –4, -1, 2, 5

forms an arithmetic sequence
Find three arithmetic means between 21 and 45
21, ____, ____, ____, 45

21 a1  First term an  a1  n  1 d
45 an  nth term 45 = 21 + (5 - 1)(d)
5 n  number of terms 45 = 21 + (4)(d)
NA Sn  sum of n terms 24 = (4)(d)
d d  common difference d=6

The three arithmetic means are 27, 33, and 39

since 21, 27, 33, 39, 45 forms an arithmetic sequence
 The first term of an arithmetic
sequence is 1/3 and the sixth
term is 11/3, find the arithmetic
means
The second term of an arithmetic
sequence is 24 and the fifth term
is three, find the arithmetic
means
 The first term of an arithmetic
sequence is x + y and the fourth
term is 4x – 2y, find the
arithmetic means
Arithmetic Series
 USING AND WRITING SEQUENCES

Objective:
Find the sum of the terms
of a given arithmetic sequence
Arithmetic Series: An indicated sum of terms in an
arithmetic sequence.

Example:

Arithmetic Sequence VS Arithmetic Series

3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13
 Recall
Vocabulary of Sequences (Universal)
a1  First term
an  nth term
n  number of terms
Sn  sum of n terms
d  common difference
Find the sum of the first 63 terms of the arithmetic sequence -19, -13, -7,…
-19 a1  First term
353 ?? an  nth term
63 n  number of terms
Sn Sn  sum of n terms
6 d  common difference

n n
Sn  a1  an  an  a1  n  1 d Sn  a1  an 
2 2
63
S63   19  353 
2
a63 = 353
S63  10521
 Find the sum of the first 20
terms of the arithmetic sequence
-16, -20, -24,…
 The sum of the first 10 terms of
an arithmetic sequence is 530.
What is the first term if the last
term is 80? What is the common
difference?
 The third term of an arithmetic
sequence is -12 and the seventh
term is 8, what is the sum of the
first 10 terms?
Find the first 3 terms for an arithmetic series in which a1 = 9, an = 105, Sn =741.
9 a1  First term
105 an  nth term
13 ?? n  number of terms
9, 17, 25
741 Sn  sum of n terms
?? d  common difference

n
an  a1  n  1 d Sn  a1  an  an  a1  n  1 d
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A radio station considered giving away $4000 every day in the month of August for a
total of $124,000. Instead, they decided to increase the amount given away every day
while still giving away the same total amount. If they want to increase the amount by
$100 each day, how much should they give away the first day?